April 2011

Tonight on the show we celebrate the royal wedding tomorrow with some of the happy couple’s favourite music… And we note too that not everyone back in Britain is actually very interested in it all… We also mark the passing of Poly Styrene, one of the great punk rockers and there’s new music from BritMix favorites The Wombats.

For the weddingI Want You - Barb JungrFrom the album: Every Grain Of SandDance Wiv Me - Dizzee RascalFrom the album: Tongue N' CheekDancing Queen – ABBAFrom the album: ABBA Gold - Greatest HitsI Like the Way – The BodyrockersFrom the EP: I Like the WayWish I Stayed - Ellie GouldingFrom the album: Lights

The Queen Is Dead - The SmithsFrom the album: The Queen Is DeadFolk Sampler In These Hard Times – Roy BaileyFrom the album: Past MastersFolk Sampler No Honey Tongued Sonnet - Chris WoodFrom the album: Handmade LifeNew music Techno Fan - The WombatsFrom the album: The Wombats Proudly Present... This Modern GlitchPenguin Cafe Single - Penguin Cafe OrchestraFrom the album: Music From The Penguin Cafe

Don’t forget, there's an encore presentation of last week's BritMix BBC 2011 Folk Music Awards special in Sunday Spotlight at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon… Thanks a million… See you next week… Drive Like a Jackass.

On today’s show I’m presenting all the winners from the 2011 BBC Folk Awards. Back in Britain, as well as nine national TV channels and ten national radio stations plus local and regional radio stations that cover the whole country – plus the World Service, which we opt into every weekday morning and overnight here on WJFF - the BBC supports culture of all kinds. And that includes folk music. And every year they present the BBC Folk Music Awards. Today we’ll hear from every one of this year’s winners. Starting, and finishing, with Bellowhead. This show will be repeated at 2pm on Sunday 4 May in WJFF's Sunday Spotlght.

On tonight’s show Richard Thompson covers Prince, we have new music from Arctic Monkeys and The Joy Formidable, amongst others, we celebrate Adele’s amazing success in the British album charts and our Folk Sampler features Emily Smith, Clive Gregson and Christine Collister, and Emily Portman.

Moving to New York - The WombatsFrom the album: The Wombats Present: A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation Generator - The HollowaysFrom the album: So This Is Great Britain?Avalon - Roxy MusicFrom the album: Roxy LiveCover Story Kiss – PrinceFrom the album: ParadeCover Story Kiss - Richard ThompsonFrom the album: 1000 Years Of Popular Music

Hometown Glory (Live) – AdeleCD singleNew Music Man I Hate Your Band - Little Man TateFrom the album: About What You KnowNew Music Whirring - The Joy FormidableFrom the album: The Big BoarNew Music Don't Sit Down – ArcticMonkeysFrom the album: Suck It And SeeWhen I Get Famous - Patrik FitzgeraldFrom the album: the Very Best Of Patrik FitzgeraldDarling Corey - Martin SimpsonFrom the album: Cool & Unusual

Next week on The BritMix, the BBC 2011 Folk Awards special featuring the 2011 British Folk Singer of The Year, Musician of The Year, Best Original Song, Album of The Year, Lifetime Achievement Award and more - We'll hear them all on this BritMix special next Thursday at 9 in the evening.

Thank you so much to everyone who called in to pledge during last week's show, it all helped to move us along towards our goal. We appreciate your support. And congratulations to the winner of the big bundle of British music magazines and CDs.

And thanks too to everyone else who pledged support - we were able to wrap up our Spring Ahead Pledge Drive about 6.30 this evening having reached our target of $45.00. Thank you.

Orgasm Addict - The BuzzcocksFrom the album: Operators ManualLate Night - Marc AlmondFrom the album: Mojo Presents The Madcap Laughs AgainChanges - David Bowie From the album: Best Of BowieCover Story Crazy in Love – BeyonceFrom the album: Dangerously in LoveCover Story Crazy In Love - Snow PatrolFrom the album: Up To Now

British Folk Sampler Jack Common's Anthem - Jez LoweFrom the album: Jack Common's AnthemBritish Folk Sampler The Banks Of The Nile - Sandy DennyFrom the album: The Best Of Sandy DennyBritish Folk Sampler When This Song Is Ended There's No More - John TamsFrom the album: Home

Thank you so much to everyone who called in to pledge during this week's show, it all helped to move us along towards our goal. We appreciate your support. And congratulations to the winner of the big bundle of British music magazines and CDs.

Common People – PulpFrom the album: Different ClassNo Action - Elvis Costello & The AttractionsFrom the album: This Year's ModelCover Story Dancing in The Dark - Amy MacDonaldNot yet releasedCrawling from the Wreckage (Revisited) - Graham ParkerFrom the album: Your CountryFolk Sampler Daisy - Karine PolwartFrom the EP: DaisyFolk Sampler Never Any Good - Martin SimpsonFrom the album: Prodigal SonHit Me With Your Rhythm Stick - Ian Dury & The BlockheadsFrom the album: Do It YourselfAmerica/Second Amendment (Alternative Stereo Version) – The NiceFrom the album: The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack

Next week, new music from Elbow and Glasvegas, and Jez Lowe and more feature in our Folk Sampler.

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Blues, folk, rock 'n 'roll, punk, the classier sort of pop, electric folk, jazz; home-made music and studio music, big music and small; the weird and the wonderful, the sparky and the strange - anything and everything from the 1960s, '70s, '80s, '90s right up to the latest releases from indie labels and even from the mega studios... but it must be British. New singles, old rarities, forgotten classics, album out-takes, singer-songwriters - the majestic, the quirky; the catchy and occasionally the almost incomprehensible. The BritMix.